Peter Russo

Peter Russo (1977-23 September 2013) was the congressman from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district during the administration of President Garrett Walker.

Biography
Peter Russo was born in 1977 in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Drexel and Temple universities, and he entered politics, being elected as the 1st congressional district of Pennsylvania's congressman in the US House of Representatives. Russo had many vices while being a congressman, ranging from a cocaine addiction, soliciting a prostitute, and having a sexual relationship with his chief-of-staff Christine Gallagher. One night, he got into a car crash while DUI, but Congressman Frank Underwood gained him as an ally by bribing police chief Barney Hull into letting him go. Russo was used as his pawn and secured Roy Kapeniak's testimony against Michael Kern during the accusations that Kern was anti-Semitic, and he was also tapped as Governor of Pennsylvania by Underwood. However, he had more troubles, going back into alcoholism and drug abuse when he gained hate main due to his failure to stop the closure of a shipyard that left 12,000 people unemployed. Russo went to Alcoholics Anonymous and was supported in the bid to become Governor of Pennsylvania, but when he was interviewed on the radio about the elections, he showed up drunk and made a fool of himself. He decided to turn himself in to the police to atone for his crimes after talking with his daughter on the phone, but Underwood's assistant Doug Stamper stopped him, and Underwood drove him home. They chatted in the garage, but when Russo fell asleep on the passenger side of the car, Underwood removed all traces of himself and guided his finger to the ignition, starting the car. Russo died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his garage in a political assassination by Underwood, preventing him from revealing Underwood's corruption.